This event was co-sponsored by the UMD College of Liberal Arts, UMD's Office of the Executive Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, the University of Minnesota Medical School Duluth, and UMD's Women's Resource and Action Center.

“A New Middle East? The Arab Spring and its Aftermath"Presented by Thomas Hanson, Former Career U.S. Foreign Service Officer & Alworth Institute Diplomat in Residence. Monday, February 27, 2012 - 7:00 PM - Montague Hall 70, UMD. Hanson will also meet with students interested in careers in the US Foreign Service at 4:30 PM on Monday, February 27, 2012 in Solon Campus Center 22 in UMD Career Services.

Women Rising up for Peace and Justice: Mighty Be Our Powers
Film Screening of "Pray the Devil Back to Hell"
Introduction of the film and discussion following will be led by Doris Parker, Executive Director of Liberian Women's Initiatives of Minnesota (LiWIM). Wednesday, March 7, 2012 - 6:30 PM - Teatro Zuccone (222 Superior St., Duluth, MN) (Reception from 6:30-7:00 PM; program follows)

Doris Parker will also be the Keynote Speaker at the International Women's Day Celebration and Luncheon at the Griggs Center at UMD on Thursday, March 8, 2012, 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM For more information about the luncheon, contact 726-6292 or 726-8444 or e-mail wrac@d.umn.edu

These two events are co-sponsored by the Alworth Institute, League of Women Voters Duluth, UMD Women's Resource and Action Center, Domestic Abuse Intervention Programs, and UMD Women's Studies Department

Sisterhood of War – Minnesota Women in Vietnam
Presented by Kim Heikkila, Adjunct Instructor, History Department, St. Catherine University, and author of the book "Sisterhood of War – Minnesota Women in Vietnam"
Thursday, March 29, 2012 - 7:00 PM - Montague Hall 70

This event is co-sponsored by the Alworth Institute, and UMD's History, Women's Studies, and Writing Studies Departments